I have the Capitol LP Best of the Kingston Trio Vol. III T 2614 and played it for the first time in a very long time recently to compare it to a new recording of this song by Keely Smith, "Keely Sings Sinatra" The Kingston Trio version is still right up there. Like some other posts haunting. I Like the Kingston Trio best but Sinatra and Keely do a good job.
I heard this song first long before I was 35, and I loved it then... and today, I'm 52, and the sweet nostalgia of this song haunts me like never before. It's good to find the original.
This song was not written as a Pop song product. It was conceived as a folk song and was intended to be nostalgic, contemplative and thoughtful. I think the Kingston Trio got it right on but the song comes over well with Frank Sinatra as well because of the lush orchestration. And the Kingston Trio had many good years.
Until hearing this, I wasn't much of a fan of Sinatra...but he turned a very, very, very drab song into something interesting. The Kingston Trio don't sound like they had any very good years at all - and not surprising with this morose rendition.
FWIW and to set the record straight: Ervin Drake wrote this song in 1961 specifically for Bob Shane of the Kingston Trio, who recorded it first and sings it here.. Sinatra heard it on his car radio in 1965 while on the way to a recording session, loved it, and commissioned an orchestral arrangement that he promptly recorded and tuned into a classic mega hit. Folks can prefer one version over another, but this is the way Drake envisioned the song - one voice, one guitar, one bass.
Damn, I thought this song was first recorded by sinatra! i know it was writen by an social scientist and legendary songwriter called ervin drake. anyway this song is a amazing and this version is amazing too. thank you very much for uploading!
This was the version Sinatra heard on the car radio which made him want to include it on his September Of My Years album in 1965
Jamesmac30 4 months ago
I have the Capitol LP Best of the Kingston Trio Vol. III T 2614 and played it for the first time in a very long time recently to compare it to a new recording of this song by Keely Smith, "Keely Sings Sinatra" The Kingston Trio version is still right up there. Like some other posts haunting. I Like the Kingston Trio best but Sinatra and Keely do a good job.
wings19fan 8 months ago
I heard this song first long before I was 35, and I loved it then... and today, I'm 52, and the sweet nostalgia of this song haunts me like never before. It's good to find the original.
SpudCommonTater 9 months ago 2
This song was not written as a Pop song product. It was conceived as a folk song and was intended to be nostalgic, contemplative and thoughtful. I think the Kingston Trio got it right on but the song comes over well with Frank Sinatra as well because of the lush orchestration. And the Kingston Trio had many good years.
LCMurtha1 9 months ago
Until hearing this, I wasn't much of a fan of Sinatra...but he turned a very, very, very drab song into something interesting. The Kingston Trio don't sound like they had any very good years at all - and not surprising with this morose rendition.
amsob77 10 months ago
FWIW and to set the record straight: Ervin Drake wrote this song in 1961 specifically for Bob Shane of the Kingston Trio, who recorded it first and sings it here.. Sinatra heard it on his car radio in 1965 while on the way to a recording session, loved it, and commissioned an orchestral arrangement that he promptly recorded and tuned into a classic mega hit. Folks can prefer one version over another, but this is the way Drake envisioned the song - one voice, one guitar, one bass.
CompVid101 1 year ago
Damn, I thought this song was first recorded by sinatra! i know it was writen by an social scientist and legendary songwriter called ervin drake. anyway this song is a amazing and this version is amazing too. thank you very much for uploading!
BeatBay 1 year ago
Very good song, a somewhat eerie feel to it.
NathanROFL 1 year ago
I imagine standing in front of a window and seeing just a trace of myself looking back.
Such a beautiful song!
And Bob Shane has the perfect voice to carry it out.
djl1098 1 year ago
This was written for the trio by ervin Drake later recorded by Sinatra by still the definitve version
westlamedicare 1 year ago
For me this has got to be one of the best renditions of this song ever done.
DColcla 1 year ago
Kingston Trio did a better job than Sinatra.
sandinmyears1 1 year ago
Great song from the Trio.
Scout4Me1 1 year ago
Sinatra made this song, his own.
gianca60 2 years ago
This is the original.
dahsuerk 2 years ago
amazing! i love this better than sinatra's and sinatra is legend!
bluemeanie81 2 years ago
What a GREAT, wonderful song that tells such a story!
dburse66 2 years ago
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A song to haunt from cradle to grave...Just pray that God Himself finds your flavor acceptable.
buckdowner 2 years ago
January 01. 2009. It is a very good song to start in very good year.
zadzic 3 years ago